Export Policy of Sandalwood.

(To be Published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part II Section 3, Sub Section (ii)) Government of India Ministry of Commerce & Industry Department of Commerce Directorate General of Foreign Trade Udyog Bhawan Notification No. 37 /2015-2020 New Delhi, dated the 2,7*January, 2017

Subject: Export Policy of Sandalwood.

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----- Start of picture text -----<br> S.0.(E) In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 3 of the Foreign Trade<br>(Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 (No.22 of 1992), as amended, read with paragraph 1.02<br>and 2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP), 2015-2020, the Central Government hereby makes<br>the following amendments with immediate effect in export policy of sandalwood under Chapter<br>44 of ITC(HS) Classification - Schedule 2 (Export Policy):<br>EXISTING ENTRIES:<br>Chapter 44<br>Wood and Articles of Wood; Wood Charcol<br>S.No. | Tariff Unit | Item Description Export Nature of Restriction<br>Item HS Policy<br>Code<br>182 1211 90 50 | M3 Sandalwood in any form, but | Prohibited | Not permitted to be<br>4403 99 22 excluding finished handicraft exported<br>products of — sandalwood,<br>machine finished sandalwood<br>products, sandalwood oil:<br>183 44140000 | Kg “Finished Handicraft products<br>4415 00 00 of<br>4419 00 00 (a) Sandalwood Free Subject to provisions of<br>4420 00 00 (b) Other species Free CITES<br>4421 90 60 Subject to provisions of<br>4421 90 90 CITES<br>1 | products<br>185 3301 29 37 | Kg Sandalwood Oil Free Subject to Quantitative<br>ceilings and<br>notified by the Director<br>from time to time<br>yyy faeGen ral ofForeignTrade e eeee<br>1211 90 50 | Kg Sandalwood De-oiled Spent Restricted | Export permitted under<br>4401 30 00 Dust licence subject to<br>conditionalities as may be<br>notified by the Director<br>General of Foreign Trade<br>from time to time.<br>187 12119050 | Kg Other forms of sandalwood as_ | Restricted | Export permitted under<br>4403 99 22 specified licence subject to<br>conditionalities as may be<br>notified by the Director<br>General of Foreign Trade<br>from time to time<br>----- End of picture text -----<br>

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AMENDED ENTRIES:

Chapter 44 Wood and Articles of Wood; Wood Charcol

|No. |Item HS||Policy|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Code|||||
|4403 99 22|Sl.No. 183 to 187 below||exported||
|183 |4414.00 00 | Kg<br>4415 00 00|Finished Handicraft products of<br>(a) Sandalwood|Free|||
|4419 00 00|(b) Other species|Free|||
|4420 00 00|||||
|442**1**90 90<br>heKaka bll-~<br>products<br>185 |330 2937 |Kg | Sandalwood Oil||l<br>Free|Subject<br>to<br>Quantitative<br>ceilings||
||||and conditionalities|as|
||||may be notified by|the|
||||Director<br>General|of|
||||Foreign<br>Trade<br>from||
||||time to time||
|12119050 |Kg | Sandalwood De-oiled SpentDust<br>4401 30 00||Restricted||Export<br>permitted<br>under licence subject<br>to<br>conditionalities<br>as||
||||may be notified by|the|
||||Director<br>General|of|
||||Foreign<br>Trade<br>from||
||||time to time.||
|187 |12119050 |Kg_ <br>4403 99 22<br>440900 00|| Other formsofsandal wood, namely,<br>(a) dust/<br>flakes obtained as wood<br>scrap / waste after the manufacturing<br>process by manufacturer exporter of<br>value added sandalwood handicraft|Restricted||Export<br>permitted<br>under licence subject<br>to conditionalities as<br>may be notified by the<br>Director<br>General<br>of<br>Foreign<br>Trade<br>from||
||products<br>and<br>machine _ finished||time totime||
||sandalwood products||||
||(b)<br>machine<br>finished<br>—_ chips<br>manufactured from cracked portions||||
||of sandalwood billets (each finished||||
||chips<br>not exceeding 50 gms per||||
||piece)||||
||(c) powder obtained<br>from wood<br>scrap / waste after the manufacturing<br>of handicraft products and machine||||
||fieatahadanadeaf<br>candalwand||||

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(d) small pieces of sandalwood(each piece not exceeding 20 gms) obtained from wood scrap / waste after manufacturing of handicraft / machine finished sandalwood products. (e) sandalwood powder produced from sandalwood wood scrap/waste (f) any other item of sandalwood as may be specified by DGFT in consultation with MOEF&CC.

2. Effect of this notification:

Export Policy of sandalwood against SI. No. 182 to 187, Chapter 44 of Schedule 2 of ITC(HS) Classification of Export & Import Item has been amended to bring clarity for export of specified categories.

eee (A.K. Bhalla) Director General of Foreign Trade E-mail: dgft@nic.in

(Issued from F.No. 01/91/171/17/AM-06/PC-III/Export Cell)